'Merchants' Plea for Reductions, Relief Promised Hankox, April 16, Mr. T, V, Soong,' Minister 0 Finance was guest of honour at special banquet given by the merchants of Hankow with Me, Chow Hsintang, Chairman of ths Hankow Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, presiding.
The merchants explained to tha Finance Minister the hardships they, have suffered during the past 17 years at Hankow and asked Mey Soong to lighten their financial burdens by removing accessive taxations.
Mr. Soong expressed to tha business leaders of Hankow tha Central Government's appreciation of their loyality and promised to. reduce their financial burdens ae: cording:
to his ability and cone The people of Central China that the National Government would always kkeop the interest of the people in the, first place and would gradually ves move the various taxes levied by the Kuangsi_militarists in the Wuhan Area—Kuo Wen, weekly informal talks with Ameri can Bewspaper correspondents, has revealed the intimate and pro= found acquaintance with recent and. historical events in the Far. East: which has made him So: valuable aa the American ramon Caina—United Press.
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